I personally believe we have a very special draft class this year, with guys like Zavier Perkins, Kobe Frobe-Kobe, Julius Mcmiller, and of course Eric Belmont. I think one of the biggest steals of the draft was myself, getting drafted in the second round even if I was the second pick of the round. I personally feel like I should have gone in the first round myself, I have shown how extremely active I am both in the Developmental Simulation Football League rookie chat and the Norfolk Locker Room, on top of being close to a max earner over in the Pro Baseball Experience which all the teams that scouted me took notice of. Someone that didn't surprise me was Zavier Perkins, honestly, I expected him to be in the top 3 if not the first overall pick. Zavier shows a lot of potential, and as a good friend of his personally, he is one of the hardest workers I know and will ensure he gets all his stuff done on time, even if he's cutting it close to the deadline. The first overall pick went to Julius Mcmiller, and with both him and myself on the same team we can do a lot of damage on the back line of defense together, making it a nightmare for opposing Quarterbacks and Receivers, and even running backs if need be. Two more players that could be considered steals are Painted Penguin and Fortified Fridge. Both are great picks for the Offensive Line and could cause a lot of hell for the Defensive Line if not taken seriously. Both could have easily been late first-round or early second-round picks, but instead were taken at the middle of the third round which caught me by surprise, I feel like they were both fairly active, maybe even more active than some of the guys taken before them. With all the strengths coming from this draft class that doesn't mean there isn't gonna be any weaknesses either. There were some reaches in this draft class that is for sure, there is some in every draft, but overall I think we will go down in DSFL and ISFL history as one of the best draft classes to date. There are a lot of names to look out for this year, and there may even be some hidden gems from this class and even major potential busts. We will find out just how good this draft class is in the upcoming weeks as we start to take the field for Spring training and ultimately start the road to our first playoffs and the real start of our careers in the Developmental Simulations Football League/International Simulation Football League. We all hope to individually make the Hall of Fame but I hope that as a class we can bring some real class to our names, and set an example for future draft classes to compare themselves to. Of all the rookies from this draft class, the biggest names to watch for are gonna be Zavier Perkins, Julius Mcmiller, and Eric Belmont. They all have serious potential to make it into the Hall of Fame, and I know Eric Belmont is gonna look to have some redemption when it comes to the International Simulation Football League Draft next year and hope to go in the first round instead of the second round again. He may even try to get drafted before his friend Zavier Perkins but knows that that is gonna be highly unlikely, Zavier Perkins has too much star power to fall in the draft far enough for Belmont to be drafted before him.
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